Gilmore For Kids
This is always a favorite during each Festival. Alpin Hong will be featured in the Gilmore For Kids program titled "The Ultimate Special Effect." This will be an exciting, interactive time for children of all ages.
• Children attend free and must be accompanied by an adult (Kids, invite your grandparents, aunts/uncles, even your parents!)
• Adults are $5 each. Your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews will love you for taking them to this.
• Tickets available at the door—so just show up!
• Eight afternoon or evening concerts along with several in-school presentations. Click here for a listing of all eight concerts.
The Gilmore Elderhostel
Saturday, May 3-Friday, May 9, 2008
LODGING: Holiday Inn West - newly renovated
Now in its fourth Festival, The Gilmore Elderhostel has proven to be very popular. Seniors explore the music and composers with music mentor Daniel Jacobson (Western Michigan University professor), attend performances and meet Festival artists.Explore the Festival site to learn more about concerts occuring during the Elderhostel time frame as well as throughout the entire Festival.
Artists included in The Gilmore 2008 Elderhostel are (click on one to learn more about the artist): David Owen Norris & Monica Huggett; Gilmore Festival Chamber Orchestra; Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder; Mitsuko Uchida; Mulgrew Miller & Wingspan; Lori Sims and Yu-Lien The; Jeremy Denk, Stephen Hough; Marc-André Hamelin; and more.
Registration is closed for this Elderhostel. If you have questions, contact Susan Lawrence, director of Educational Activities, at 269.342.1166 or email her at slawrence@gilmore.org.
Pre-Concert Lectures
Several concerts at Chenery, Dalton and Stetson have pre-concert lectures available free to ticket-holders. These concerts are presented one hour before the concert and provide helpful insights into the works and composers on that concert's program. These lectures will enhance your musical experience.
The concerts currently scheduled to include pre-concert lectures are below. Click on the date to go directly to that event page.
April 13 Prelude Recital: Richard Goode
April 28 Opus 21/Frederick Rzewski/Stephen Drury
April 30 Ingrid Fliter with Daedalus Quartet
May 1 Christopher Taylor
May 2 Gilmore Festival Chamber Orchestra
May 4 Mitsuko Uchida
May 5 Lori Sims & Yu-Lien The
May 10 Gala Concert: Kalamazoo Symphony & Ingrid Fliter
May 13 Mitsuko Uchida & Friends
